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Space and Time (SXT), a level-1 data blockchain that secures onchain finance projects, has launched a virtual vault platform that it says is purpose-built for institutional lending. The Microsoft-backed blockchain said on Tuesday that its new virtual vaults can be configured by institutional lenders and borrowers to their specific agreement, with cryptographically verified, continuously updated visibility into borrower collateral across the centralized exchanges and decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols where it actually sits. Real-time verification of collateral has long vexed the institutional lending sector, with generic solvency metrics falling short of practical needs. “We built Space and Time so both institutions…

Cynthia Lummis (@SenLummis) is the Republican senator from Wyoming and the most consistent pro-crypto voice in the U.S. Congress, a lawmaker who bought her first Bitcoin in 2013 and now chairs the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Digital Assets. Crypto insiders call her the “Bitcoin Senator.” What makes that title matter right now is timing: she announced she will not run for re-election in 2026, and she is spending her final term trying to push the biggest crypto bill in U.S. history across the line. Who is Cynthia Lummis? Before Washington, Lummis spent her life in Wyoming. She was raised on…

Kyle Samani, co-founder of Multicoin Capital, a prominent cryptocurrency venture capital firm, has publicly criticized the Hyperliquid (HYPE) platform, describing it as ‘like Binance 2.0 without a marketing team.’ In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Samani outlined technical and strategic concerns that he argues could hinder the platform’s long-term viability and expose it to heightened regulatory scrutiny. Samani’s Core Critique: Centralized Design in a Decentralized World Samani’s primary criticism centers on Hyperliquid’s foundational technical architecture. He contends that during its development, Hyperliquid made design choices that are well-suited for centralized systems but fundamentally incompatible with the principles of decentralized…

Nearly 10% of the total Bitcoin supply is considered “structurally unsafe” due to a quantum computing breakthrough, as their output type reveals the public key by design, regardless of address management practices, according to data analytics platform Glassnode. Totaling about 1.92 million Bitcoin ($BTC), the group includes $BTC from early Satoshi-era Pay-to-Public-Key (P2PK) outputs, legacy multi-sig structures such as Pay-to-Multisig (P2MS) and modern Pay-to-Taproot (P2TR) outputs, which reveal the public key or public key-equivalent by design, wrote Glassnode in a Wednesday X post. Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto’s coins represent about 1.1 million or 5.5% of the vulnerable supply, following another…

The second-largest Ethereum digital assets treasury (DAT), Sharplink, has reached 20,590 $ETH in rewards overall. This milestone was reached following a week-long stake of 422 $ETH by Sharplink. Remarking on this achievement, Sharplink noted, The productivity never stops. The conviction compounds. Ethereum’s market dynamics This occurs while Ethereum’s staking activity spikes, with “Entry” hitting 3,136,667 as of the 3rd of June. In contrast, the “Exit” was at 71,645 that same day. Source: validator Queue Even though Ethereum [$ETH] was experiencing such positive sentiment, its price was still struggling at $1,872.12, having dropped 5.51% in the previous day. Nonetheless, Ethereum has…

Kyobo Life Insurance has established a dedicated digital asset organization within its group structure, signaling a significant move by one of South Korea’s largest life insurers into blockchain-based financial services. The new unit, formed last month, is expected to develop a mid-to-long-term digital asset roadmap for the entire Kyobo Group, according to a report from the Korea Economic Daily. Strategic Shift Toward Digital Assets The creation of this specialized division marks a notable pivot for a traditional insurance giant. Company job postings from the first half of this year indicate that Kyobo Life is actively planning business initiatives centered on…

Latest developments: Klein argued the Commodity Futures Trading Commission faces a dramatically larger mandate as lawmakers consider expanding its authority over digital assets. Klein recently joined Rebecca Rettig and Renato Mariotti on CoinDesk’s The Policy Protocol. Klein said the CFTC was originally created to oversee commodity futures markets and was not built for the scale of responsibilities envisioned under current crypto legislation. He warned that giving the agency new powers without additional staff, funding and expertise could create the appearance of regulation without meaningful oversight. Klein expressed concern that regulatory capacity has been weakened by personnel departures and structural changes…

A significant cryptocurrency transaction has drawn attention across the industry. Whale Alert, a blockchain tracking service, reported that 200,347,000 SUSDS tokens were transferred from an unidentified wallet to an address associated with Tron founder Justin Sun. The transaction, valued at approximately $220 million at current market rates, represents one of the largest single movements of the SUSDS stablecoin in recent months. Details of the Transaction The transfer was recorded on-chain and flagged by Whale Alert’s automated monitoring system. The sending wallet has not been publicly linked to any known exchange, institution, or individual. The receiving address has been previously identified…

Analyst CryptoQuant Maartunn detected a major on-chain transaction in which 500 $BTC, which had remained completely dormant for more than 10 years, were moved to a new address for the first time. On the Spent Output Age Bands chart for 10-year-old Bitcoin, this activity appeared as an isolated green spike. The transfer of such an old wallet coincided with the release of major research and news in the quantum technology sector, namely Glassnode’s report on Bitcoin’s quantum security. According to analysts, 30.2% (6.04 million $BTC) of the total market supply is already potentially vulnerable to future quantum attacks. 500 $BTC…

In brief Ethereum dropped 8% today alone, crashing through the $2,000 psychological support zone and hitting an intraday low near $1,814. On Myriad, traders are now betting $ETH reaches $1,500 before it bounces back to $3,000—a probability that surged nearly 25% in recent weeks. The charts back the bearish bet: RSI is in bear territory, the Squeeze Momentum Indicator just fired a bearish signal, and there’s no meaningful support between $1,700 and the $1,400–$1,500 range. If you’ve been tracking crypto prices over the last couple days, you already know the broader picture: the market is getting hammered. Bitcoin cratered below…